FinTech Magazine February 2019 | Page 185

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USA

“ IT is the manufacturing arm of any financial services and insurance company ”

— Guru Vasudeva , Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer ( CIO ) of Program and Application Services , Nationwide
185 like machine learning , for instance , and invite a couple of people to study that topic and to teach other members of the team . It ’ s helped us create a clearly defined roadmap of how our employees can go from a novice to an expert in a topic . It ’ s helping to create a path to craftsmanship .”
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Nationwide has earned its stripes as a leading employer – it has gained recognition as one of the Best Companies to Work For by Fortune 100 . Vasudeva is keen to point out that the talents of his team have been crucial in making this software development strategy a reality . “ It could not have been possible without the partnership of my peers in IT leadership ,” he says . So far , Nationwide ’ s software-development strategy has been a roaring
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